Storm-shield for delivery-wagons



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FRANK FRIERDIOII, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

STORM-SHIELD FOR DELIVERY-WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,321, dated March23, 1897. Application filed January 25, 1897. Serial No. 620,544. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that LFRANK FRIERDICH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Storm-Shields forDelivery-Vagons, of which the following is a specification. j

My invention relates to deliverywvagons. Its object is to provide anadjustable and removable shield to protect the driver in rainy or stormyweather which may be readily applied or removed and when in place isquickly moved to one side or the other to allow the occupant to get outor in or to throw the shield entirely to one side, so as to open thefront without detaching it.

Referring' to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the frontpart of a covered delivery-wagon bed provided with my improvements. Fig.2 is a detail inside view of part of the shield with the means ofcoupling it to the body front. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating' anauxiliary adjustingstrap for lowering the shield whenever it may bedesired to protect only the lower part of the drivers body. Fig. 4i is aperspective view, looking' from the rear, of an open delivery-wagon withmy shield attached.

Referring in detail to the parts represented in Figs. l to 3,inclusive,Arepresents the body, of which a is the seat, a the foot-rest, and a2 thecustomaryhood. To the top of the body sides near the front is secured ahook or yoke B, which extends around underneath the lower edge of thehood a2, and a similar yoke B is secured to the lower sill of thewagon-body and extends around the footrest a.

The shield O, which is of any suitable weather-proof flexible material,has secured near its top and bottom edges, by means of loops cl,snap-hooks D, the upper snap-hooks being also secured near the upperedge of the shield by stitching or otherwise, as shown at d. The frontof the shield near the top is provided with a frame c, carrying a plateof glass or other transparent material, and below it a drop-shield c,covering a slot in the shield through which the driving-reins are passedwhen the shield is drawn to the closed position.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the shield O may be drawn toclose the entire front of the body and readily thrown to one side toallow the driver to get in or out or thrown entirely around to one sidewhen not needed. In case it is not necessary to close the entire frontthe lower snap-hooks may be detached from the yoke B/ and thelengthening-strap E, Fig. 3, employed to lower the shield, the ring ebeing hooked into the upper snap D and the snap D hooked' over the yokeB.

In the open-body wagon shown in Fig. 4 A represents the sides of thewagonbody,which is provided at the front with the ordinary raised seata3, above which is secured by means of bows f the customary sun-hood F,which has the adjustable or swinging front portion f which may be thrownup under the top section of the hood. To the sides of the bow-uprightsis secured a yoke B2 by rivets or v bolts, the end of the yoke extendingup to the back bow of thehood, and for strength clipped thereto by astaple, as seen at f2. The yoke B2 extends around in a semicircle, as inthe preceding figures, and the shield O is the same except that thelower fastenings and the light frame are omitted, but instead of placingthe light in the shield it is placed in the adjustable front part f ofthe hood F. In this case the adjustable strap Eis not needed, as thesame result is attained by throwing up the adjustable part f' of thehood F.

I have shown my invention in whatI believe to be its simplest and `mosteffective form, but it is obvious that it may be varied in mechanicaldetails without departing from its spirit or scope. For instance, thelower yoke on the body and lower fastenings npon the shield may beomitted or dierent fastenings adopted in place of the form of fasteningshown.

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a delivery-wagon the combination of the body having the yokesecured thereto and bent around in front of the drivers seat, and aflexible shield having fastenings to catch over said yoke and. slidethereon to close or open the front of the wagon, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination of the Wagon-body, the

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bows secured to the sides thereof and bent Jthe front, the flexibleshield, the fastening-s around the front, the flexible shield havingsecured thereto at its upper edge, and an aux- Io fastenings secured toits upper and lower ilia'ryextension-strap for the purpose of 10W- edgesto catch over said bows and slide thereering said shield when desired.

on, substantially as shown and described. FRANK FRIERDICH.

3. The combination, substantially as here- Vtuesses:

nbefore set forth, of the body, the yoke se- GEO. J. MURRAY,

cured to the sides thereof,ztnd ourvingztround SHERWOOD R. TAYLOR.

